Wednesday, April 4. Time 4 hours. Filled and bled brakes. Not as easy as it appears.
Tuesday, April 11. Time 4 hours. Tested elevator trim and tail position light.
Thursday, April 26 and Saturday, April 28. Time 2 ½ hours Dennis, 2 ½ hours Kirk. Worked on getting canopy fitted and lock working.
Monday, May 14. Time 3 hours. Installed magneto leads.
Tuesday, May 15. Time 3 hours.
Worked on panel wiring.
Wednesday, May 16. Time Dennis 3 hours, Kirk 3 hours. Mounted front wheel. Did some wiring. Drilled main gear mounts for bolts and level aircraft for main gear.
Thursday, May 17. Time 2 hours.
Work on electrical.
Monday, May 21. Time 3 hours. Installing axles and wheel pant brackets on main landing gear.
Wednesday, May 23. Time 4 hours. Working on main gear wheels, axles and brakes. Worked on electrical.
Thursday, May 24. Time 8 hours. Working on main gear axles and brakes.
Saturday, May 26. Time Dennis 3 hours, Kirk 3 hours. Fixed canopy to open and close more smoothly by using some fabricated lexan spacers to raise the front of the canopy. Glued the rubber on the right side canopy side cover.
Wednesday, May 30. Time 4 hours. Worked on electrical, ignition switch, battery/alternator switch and main panel wiring.
Thursday, May 31. Time Kirk 2 hours, Dennis 7 hours. Installing wheel fairings and fairing on horizontal stabilizer.
Saturday June 2. Time 5 hours Dennis, 5 hours Kirk. Fixed elevator trim to workcorrectly along with indicator. Put rubber gasket on front of canopy.
Saturday, June 9. Time 3 hours Dennis, 3 hours Kirk. Attempted fix of canopy latch. Right side latch did not release correctly. Outside knob was turned and all was not good. Removed rivets on left outside cover and re-did the knob and mechanism. Had to tighten cable to left side release. Got it working. Put in screws and rivets did not work again. Left cable is too tight and does not allow enough turn to release right side. Will try to tighten other adjuster on right side cable.
Tuesday, June 19. Time 4 hours. Installed Alternator leads.
Thursday, July 5. Time 8 hours. Got wings back from painter. Delivered main wheel fairings, tail, canopy frame and cover plates. Finished re-routing of cables.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, July 10, 11 & 12.
Total time 9 hours. Fitting cowling.
Thursday, July 26. Time 3 hours. Finished tachometer installation.
Thursday and Friday, August 17 & 18. Time Dennis 3 hours, Kirk 3 hours. Working on canopy installation.
Added after the fact, September 26. Record keeping has suffered because work has been sporadic at best. The wings were re-fitted and prepared for installation. I had cut too much from
the root of the wing at a couple of places. The wing root seal would not have fit properly. Added some aluminum extension to give enough for seal to mount properly.
I came up on the list for a shade hanger and SLC Airport #2. The Airplane was moved to the airport on September 15. The propellor and spinner have been fitted. Some minor damage was done to the right aileron which will have to be repaired. Time put in this interim period, Dennis 15 hours, Eric 14 hours, Michael 14 hours, Kirk 16 hours.
At this point, I hope for final inspection before October 13. At that time Kirk and I will fly to Santa Rosa, CA where Kirk can get four hours of transition training before the testing of the aircraft begins.
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Back from California where Kirk got some time in a Zodiac XL. Airplane was taken to airport #2 the end of October. Wings were installed, rudder and horizontal stabilizer were installed. Tail fairing was installed. Propellor was installed and torqued. Time Dennis 30 hours, Kirk 24 hours, Eric 16 hours, Mike 16 hours.
We also completed the weight and balance. Application For Airworthiness Certificate was completed with all the additional paperwork. (This item was recorded December 6, 2007)
Weather is not good. Still hope to complete aileron rigging and get inspection finished before Jan 31, 2008.
